From Electronista
Seagate today confirmed that it's making a 3TB hard drive for late this year. Spokeswoman Barbara Craig didn't provide many details to Thinq but explained that the Constellation disk would need a 64-bit OS that supports long logical block addressing (long LBA) to read the entire contents. Older 32-bit platforms may not see more than 2.1TB due to the original LBA, and Windows XP may not even see 1GB of space.
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Also from Electronista:
A Seagate representative has provided Electronista with a few additional details regarding Mac compatibility for the upcoming 3TB Constellation hard drive. In-house testing reportedly showed 3TB of usable space on Snow Leopard, indicating that Mac users should be able to utilize the full capacity of the drive without any special configurations or software updates.
Installation on Macs should be easier than many Windows 7 PCs, as Macs already utilize the necessary EFI firmware rather than using a BIOS. Certain older systems might only be able to recognize smaller volumes such as 2.1TB or 1TB of capacity without long logical block addressing (long LBA).
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